This is a poem created from the source,Tinkers, by Paul Harding, forThe Found Poetry Review’s 2013 National Poetry Month initiative,Pulitzer Remix. In April of 2013, I was one of 85 poets responsible for creating and posting on the project’s website,www.pulitzerremix.com, one found poem a day from this Pulitzer Prize-winning work of fiction.

Biography

Caroline N. Simpson is an English teacher by vocation, and a creative spirit and global adventurer at heart. She has taught English literature at international schools in Ankara, Izmir, and Erzurum, Turkey, as well as Barcelona, Spain. She currently teaches English for Academic Purposes at Edmonds Community College in Lynnwood, WA. She loves outdoor adventure, learning about other cultures, and of course writing. She has a BFA in Creative Writing from Emerson College. She studied poetry at the Ezra Pound Center for Literature in Merano, Italy, the Hugo House, Seattle, WA, and playwriting at the Einhorn School of Performing Arts. She is a member of Seattle Playwrights Circle and the Dramatists Guild. You can reach her at gobetwee@yahoo.com.